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Charlotte Seither - Composer

Current

 

Niedersächsischer Musikpreis 2010 for Composition for Charlotte Seither

The highest honour of the German state Lower Saxony for composition will be awarded on 13th November 2010 at Staatsschauspiel Hannover by the Minister of Culture Lutz Stratmann.

 

 

New release: Lexicon Musik und Gender, hg. v. Annette Kreutziger-Herr and Melanie Unseld, Kassel / Stuttgart: Baerenreiter / Metzler 2010

Cover: Charlotte Seither and Stefan Asbury, rehearsal with Ensemble Modern Rome 2010
Article Charlotte Seither by Christa Brüstle, S. 466-467.

 

 

 

 

 

Retrospect

 

 

Succesfull cooperation with BBC Singers London

After the UK premiere of All’aperto in 2008 the BBC Singers brought out as well Ricordanza for 15 singers in April 2010 for the British premiere. Conductor was Nicholas Kok.

 

 

Generations Festival Warsaw / Poland and Poznan Spring Festival

After performances in Berlin and Los Angeles Flow had its Polnish Premiere with Modern Art Sextet Berlin at the International Festivals for Contemporary Music in Warsaw and Poznan.

 

 

Current projects (selection)

 

 

28th March 2010

Posnan Spring Festival  / Poland

40° Poznanska Wiosna Muziczna

Akademia Muzyczna

Aula Nova

Modern Art Sextet

Flow for flute, violin and violoncello

Klaus Schöpp, flute

Theo Flindell, violin

Matias de Olievira Pinto, violoncello

 

 

29th March 2010

Warsaw / Poland

Festival “Generations”

Polnish Radiotelevision / Sala Lutoslawski

Modern Art Sextet

Flow for flute, violin and violoncello

Klaus Schöpp, flute

Theo Flindell, violin

Matias de Oliveira Pinto, violoncello

Concert with recording of Polnish Radio Television

 

 

29th March 2010, 21.04h

RBB Kulturradio

Radiotelevision Berlin-Brandenburg

Musik der Gegenwart

The Composer Charlotte Seither

Alleanza d’archi for string trio

Echoes, edges for piano

Passage innocent for 12 voices

Inventaire de départ for accordion and elektronics

Living gardens for ensemble

Radio Feature by Ulrike Klobes

 

 

6th - 10th April 2010

Jeunesses Musicales

Schloss Weikersheim

Summer Course for Young Composers

 

 

17th April 2010

BBC London

BBC Singers

Hear and Now

Maida Vale Concerts

Ricordanza for 15-part chamber choir

BBC Singers

conductor: Nicholas Kok

Concert with recording by BBC London

 

 

22th April 2010

Berlin

Axica / Pariser Platz

Nomination candidate for Deutscher Musikautorenpreis 2010

for Instrumental Music

 

 

26th April 2010

27th April 2010

Hannover

Hochschule für Musik und Theater

Incontri / Institute for Contemporary Music

Masterclass Composition

 

 

28th April 2010, 4.05h

Deutschlandfunk

Night Concert

Never real, always true for accordion

Margit Kern, accordion

 

 

9th May 2010

Hamburg

Klang! Container

Deichtorhallen-Platz

Playing both ends towards the middle for violin and violoncello

Lisa Lammel, violin

Daniel Sorour, violoncello

 

 

10th May 2010

11th May 2010

9th June 2010

Hannover

Hochschule für Musik und Theater

Incontri / Institute for Contemporary Music

Masterclass Composition

 

 

25th May 2010

Kunstraum Tosterglope

Musik 21 Niedersachsen

Messer-Gabel-Löffel-Stück

Ensemble Baustelle

Conductor: Stefanie Schmöckel

4th June 2010

Theater Freiberg / Sachsen

As guest : contemporarian?

Lied Recital Christopher Jung

Dir, mir zu for voice and piano

Chistopher Jung, baritone

Jan Roelof Wolthius, piano

 

 

8th June 2010

Berlin

Unerhörte Musik

Gran passo

Fabio Grasso, piano

 

 

10th June 2010

Tuebingen

Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik

Recital Blicke mir nicht in meine Lieder

Da mia parte for voice solo

Barbara Stein, alto

 

 

4th July 2010 (World premiere)

XVIII. Randspiele

Festival for New Music

St. Annen Church Zepernick

Memorial Concert for Friedrich Goldmann

Schwebender Rand mit Verzweigung (20010) for two bass clarinets

Matthias Badczong, bass clarinet

Ingolfur Vilhjalmson, bass clarinet

 

 

17th July 2010 (World premiere)

Stuttgart

Theaterhaus / Akademie Schloss Solitude

20 years Akademie Schloss Solitude

Jubilee Concert

Waiting for T for trumpet, trombone, violoncello and percussion

Ensemble Ascolta

Scene: Marcelo Cardoso Gama

 

 

25th July 2010

Festival Internationale di Montepulciano

Duo Alterna

Klang und Schwebung

Riccardo Piaccentini, piano

6th August 2010

Deutschlandfunk

Night Concert, 3.00h

Alleanza d’archi for string trio

Matthias Leupold, violin

Henrik Schaefer, viola

Matias de Oliveira Pinto, violoncello 

 

 

22th August 2010 (World premiere)

Weikersheim Castle
Jeunesses Musicales Germany

25 Year Jubilee Bundeswettbewerb Komposition

Fortschreitend in Resonanz for viola, harp, piano and percussion

Ensemble Est ! Est ! Est !

12th September 2010 (World premiere)

Hannover

Marktkirche

Lebenslinien  
New work for tenor recorder solo

Commission of Marktkirche Hannover

Ulrike Volkhardt, Tenorblockflöte

18th September 2010

19th September 2010

Soloists of RIAS Chamber Choir Berlin

Kapelle der Versöhnung

Minzmeißel for voice and piano

Anja Petersen, voice

Axel Bauni, piano

22nd September 2010

SWR II

JetztMusik, 23.03h

Tristan on Air

Waiting for T for trumpet, trombone, percussion and violoncello

Ensemble Ascolta  

 

 

24th October 2010

Klangbrücke Aachen

Ensemble Neue Musik Aachen

Katharina Marquet, soprano

Regina Pastuszyk, bass clarinet

Mateusz Kwiatkowski, violoncello     

 

 

13th November 2010

Genova / Italy

Palazzo Rosso

Musiche in Mostra 2010

XXV Stagione di Rive-Gauche Concerts

Klang und Schwebung

Riccardo Piaccentini, piano

 

 

13th November 2010

Hannover

Staatsschauspiel

Celebration Gala for the Award of the

Praetorius Musik Prize of the Country Lower Saxony

of Charlotte Seither by Minister Lutz Stratmann

 

 

14th November 2010

Uelzen
Ratssaal
Recital Frauke Thalacker
Einlass und Wiederkehr. Elf Bruchstücke frei nach Franz Kafka
Frauke Thalacker, soprano
Tobias Krampen, piano

 

 

14th November 2010

Torino / Italy

GAM, Galleria d’arte Moderna e Contemporanea

Musiche in Mostra 2010

XXV Stagione die Rive-Gauche Concerti

Klang und Schwebung

Riccardo Piaccentini, piano

 

 

25th November 2010

Weimar
Recital Duo 9

Gran passo

Christoph Ritter, piano

 

 

2th / 3th December 2010

Poznan / Polen

4th International Composers Contest

International Jury Member

(Jerzy Kornowicz, Alexander Lason, Lidia Zielinska, Charlotte Seither Bent Soerensen)

 

 

10th December 2010

Gürling / Württemberg

Württembergisches Kammerorchester
Schatten und Klarsein. Verse für Heinrich Kleist (2009/10) for soprano and string orchestra

Commission of the Foundation for Contemporary Music Heilbronn

Dorothee Mields, soprano

Conductor: Ruben Gazarian

 

 

11th December 2010

Neuenstadt / Württemberg

Württembergisches Kammerorchester

Schatten und Klarsein. Verse für Heinrich Kleist (2009/10) for soprano and string orchestra

Commission of the Foundation for Contemporary Music Heilbronn

Dorothee Mields, soprano

Conductor: Ruben Gazarian

 

 

15th December 2010 (World premiere)

Kleistjahr 2011 Heilbronn

Württembergisches Kammerorchester
Schatten und Klarsein. Verse für Heinrich Kleist (2009/10) for soprano and string orchestra

Commission of the Foundation for Contemporary Music Heilbronn

Dorothee Mields, soprano

Leitung: Ruben Gazarian

 

 

11th February 2011

Düsseldorf

Tonhalle, Hans-von-Hentig-Saal

Notabu Ensemble

Far from distance for clarinet, violoncello and piano

Christof Hilger, clarinet

Burkart Zeller, violoncello

Yukiko Fujieda, piano

 

 

13th March 2011

Düsseldorf

Robert-Schumann-Saal

Einlass und Wiederkehr. Elf Bruchstücke für Sopran und Klavier frei nach Franz Kafka

Frauke Thalacker, soprano

Tobias Krampen, piano

 

 

26th bis 30th April 2011

Schloss Weikersheim

Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland (MDJ)

Spring Course for Composition

for Young Composers

 

 

5th May 2011

Berlin

Konzerthaus

Modern Art Sextet

Far from distance for clarinet, violoncello and piano

Unolf Wäntig, clarinet

Matias de Oliveira Pinto, cello

Yoriko Ikeya, piano

 

 

25th May 2011

Weimar

Fürstensaal

Franz-Liszt-Jubiläum Weimar

Waters, earth and air I for soprano and ensemble

Ensemble for Contemporary Music Weimar

Conductor: Christof Loeser

11th June 2011 (World Premiere)

Ensemblia Moenchengladbach

Festival for Contemporary Music

New work for orchestra

Commission of Ensemblia Moenchengladbach

Niederrheinische Sinfoniker

Conductor: Graham Jackson

7th July 2011

Koblenz

Festival RheinVokal

St. Kastor

All’aperto für 16-stimmigen Kammerchor

SWR Vokalensemble

Leitung: Celso Antunes

9th July 2011 

Stuttgart

Evangelische Kirche Gaisburg

All’ aperto für 16-stimmigen Kammerchor

SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

Leitung: Celso Antunes 

 

 

16th September 2011 (World Premiere)

Essen

Museum Folkwang

“Mit den Augen hören”

Ensemble E-Mex

New work for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano

Commission of Landesmusikrat NRW

and Ensemble E-Mex

 

 

Archive

 

10th October 2009

Hochschule Magdeburg / Stendal

2nd Symposium about Music and Music Therapy

Topos Hörweite

Lecture: Deconstruction and listening in during the compositional process

 

 

15th October 2009

Rome, Aquario Romano
Trio Dumas

Alleanza d’archi for string trio

Champlève for piano trio

Joe Puglia, vl

Chaim Steller, va

Erik de Wit, vcl

Daniel Kramer, pno

 

 

19th October 2009

Tübingen

20th October 2009

Heilbronn

21th October 2009

Tolstefanz

Sieben Verlautbarungen for baritone and piano

Dir, mir zu for baritone and piano

One-person-opera for voice with handpercussion

Guillermo Anzorena, baritone

Fernando Viani, piano

Manfred Weiss, scene

 

 

13th November 2009

Mannheim, Reiss-Engelhorn Museum

All Theatre ?!

One-person-opera

Guillermo Anzorena, baritone

Manfred Weiss, scene

 

 

20th November 2009

Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Herford / Westfalen
Vivid circulation - Contemporary Music and Composers today
Einlass und Wiederkehr for soprano and piano (Nr. 2, 6, 7, 9, 11)
Katarina Michaelli, soprano
Hans-Josef Winkler, piano

Roundtable with Prof. Walter Steffens (Hochschule für Musik Detmold), Hans Josef Winkler (Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Herford), Prof. Matthias Schlothfeldt (Folkwang Hochschule Essen) and Charlotte Seither (Komponistin), chair man: Prof. Dr. Helmut Fleinghaus

 

 

26th / 27th / 28th November 2009

Wien, Kosmos Theater

One-woman-opera

Cornelia Melian, Voice

Judy Wilson, Regie

Axel Tangerding, Co-Regie

Magdalena Guth, Stage / Stuff

Markwart Scheck, Light

Champlève for violin, violoncello and piano

 

 

4th December 2009

Deutschlandfunk

Night Concert, 4:00h

Champlève for violin, violoncello and piano

Ekkehard Windrich, violin

Gregor Pfisterer, violoncello

Michael Wendeberg, piano

 

 

11th December 2009 (World premiere)

Rome, Parco della Musica

Sala Santa Cecilia

Accademia Tedesca Villa Massimo

Beschriftung der Tiefe von innen for ensemble (18 players)

Ensemble Modern

conductor: Stefan Asbury

 

 

11th December 2009

Cologne

Celebration Act of Heinrich-Boell-Award for Uwe Timm

Far from distance for clarinet, violoncello and piano

Kyrill Rybakov, clarinet

Ulrike Brand, violoncello

Daniel Kramer, piano

 

 

17th December 2009

Rome

46° Festival Nuova Consonanza 2009

Sala Casella

Accademia Filharmonica Romana

Klang und Schwebung for piano

Riccardo Piaccentini, Klavier

 

 

25th December 2009

Deutschlandfunk

Night Concert, 3.00h

Inventaire de départ for accordion and electronics

Margit Kern, accordion

Georg Morawitz, sound engineer

 

 

10th January 2010

13th January 2010

Stuttgart

Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst

Winterreise. Scenic project with Schubert and others

Fire Music for six or more musicians (World premiere)

Ensemble V.Act

scene: Angelika Luz

 

 

17th January 2010

Ravensburg

Schwörsaal

Winterreise. Scenic project with Schubert and others

Minzmeißel for voice and piano

Christopher Kaplan, tenor

Robert Bärwald, Klavier

Fire Music for six or more musicians

Ensemble V.Act

scene: Angelika Luz

 

 

18th / 19th January 2010

Hannover

Hochschule für Musik und Theater

Master Class for Composition

 

 

20th, 22th, 23th, 24th, 28th, 29th, 30th January 2010

Hamburg

Kampnagel-Fabrik

International Theater Festival Katarakt

Neurovisions. Music Theatre of Hans-Jörg Kapp

With: Echoes of O’s for performer

Frauke Aulbert, performer

Henning Kaiser, performer  

 

 

23th January 2010

Duisburg

Ear Port

Innenhafen

Modern Art Sextet Berlin

Inventaire de départ for accordion and electronics

Margit Kern, accordion

Ali Gorji, sound engineer

 

 

12th February 2010

Berlin

Akademie der Künste

Pariser Platz

Power and chance. Roundtable with Hans-Joachim Hespos, Stefan Drees, Siegfried Mauer und Charlotte Seither, Moderation: Christa Brüstle

 

 

24th February 2010

Berlin

Contemporary Music at Pfefferberg

Concert Charlotte Seither

Modern Art Sextet Berlin

Far from distance for clarinet, violoncello and piano

Flow for flute, violin and violoncello

Waters, earth and air I for soprano, Bass flute, bass clarinet, piano and two percussions

Minzmeissel for soprano and piano

Gesa Hoppe, soprano

Klaus Schöpp, flute

Unolf Wäntig, clarinet

Theo Flindell, violin

Matias de Olievira Pinto, violoncello

Yoriko Ikeya, piano

Martin Krause, Roland Neffe, percussions

 

 

25th February 2010

Berlin

Martin Gropius Bau

German Academy Villa Massimo Rome

Final presentation of the residencies of the year 2009

Gran passo

Klang und Schwebung

Susanne Achilles, Klavier

 

 

26th February 2010

27th February 2010

Akademie der Künste Berlin

Ohrenstrand auf dem Pfefferberg

Modern Art Sextett Berlin

Workshop Contemporary Music

for teachers

 

 

7th March 2010

Kassel

St. Martin

Aussichten und Einsichten

Sermon of Dr. Willi Temme about the organ piece Himmelsspalt

Eckart Manz, organ

 

 

26th March 2010

Kassel

Lutherkirche

Woman Composers and her work

Never real, always true for accordion solo

Margit Kern, accordion